Last Week of Term

The arrangements in secondary school are:-

Tuesday 2.40pm – the last lesson will finish early and students go to their form rooms where they will be shown their reports. These will then be sealed in envelopes. They should then be taken home intact and handed to parents or guardians.

-  Wednesday and Thursday 4.00-6.00pm. PTCs in the hall for Years 7-8 (Wednesday) and 9-10 (Thursday).  Students were given a newsletter on Friday and must bring back the slip that is enclosed with it, signed by their parent or guardian and saying if they are coming to the PTC. Students are strongly urged to attend the PTC and join in the discussions with teachers.

-  Thursday 2.20pm – COOL Awards Ceremony on the steps. Lunch break will be extended until 1.50pm. Students then go to their form classes before taking their places on the steps when the bell rings at 2.10pm.

-  Friday: 8.00-9.00am – class gatherings in form rooms.

- 9.00-10.15 – Rounders Challenge: Winners of the house rounders competition, 13BM, will take on an elite team of teachers in what is certain to be a hard-fought and tense encounter.

- 11.00am – End of Term Assembly

- 12.00 midday – school closes – parents and/or drivers should collect children at this time. Mr. Toscano

Activity Week

This week is a special activity week and we start off with “Wet the Teacher”, on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday lunchtimes.  The teachers taking part are as follows:

Monday: Mr. Howard, Ms Namigadde, Ms Johnson

Tuesday: Ms Thorn, Mr. Colley, Mr. Kalanzi

Wednesday: Mr. Morton, Mrs. Banerji, Miss Muchuchu

It will cost 1000/= for three throws or 5000/= for a whole bucket.  Don’t forget your money as this promises to be a great event.

representative or you can buy them at the gate for 6000/=.  Habitat for Humanity will also hold a food sale at the disco with prices starting from 1000/=.  I hope you all come and support us!  Activity week should be a lot of fun and we hope that all of you participate and enjoy yourselves. Student Board

Year 13 camping trip

Last weekend, the Year 13s went on their camping trip to Lakeside Adventure Park.  The trip began with a short 30 minute boat ride and as soon as we pulled into shore, the first thing most people noticed was a cozy little hammock.  From then on, till the end of the trip, intense cutthroat competition for the hammock prevailed.  On the first day, everyone took part in a rope climbing adventure course.  Some were cool in the face of danger, while others wept for their mothers.  Later, 12 of us were brave enough to take on the higher level course, out of whom a whopping 10 were successful in finishing it.  The weekend was made complete with interesting team building activities, stints at finishing a campfire and more.  All in all, it was a trip never to be forgotten.  A special thank you to Mrs. Banerji and Mr. Matovu for accompanying us. Year 13 Campers.

Assemblies

In Secondary School  - The assembly was on Thursday 1^st December, which was World Aids Day. A group of Year 12 students gave us a presentation on the current crisis affecting Uganda, where 6.5% of the adult population are HIV positive. The message was a very worrying one; whilst the rate of HIV infection worldwide is falling, in Uganda the infection rate has started rising again. The assembly featured interviews with Yashwanth Suresh and Claudia Nietsch, who gave moving accounts of their Work Experience in a hospice, where they worked with terminally ill patients, some of whom had AIDS. Congratulations to Joy, Meki, Lucie, Neeha, Vincent, Timothy, Srijana and Parin for a great presentation.

In Primary School  - It was French assembly on Friday and 5MK gave a lively and interesting presentation on France. It included the surprising information that there are 7000 café’s in Paris alone. This information was followed by a tray balancing competition. There was more rivalry between footballers from said country, with Thierry Henry emerging the speediest!  The previous day 1N reminded

On Thursday lunchtime, Habitat for Humanity is holding a karaoke session and dance off which will take place in the old hall / drama rooms.  Entrance will be 1500/=.  If you would like to take part, please let Samantha, Janet, Jawdat, Gayathry or Ms Imalingat know by Wednesday lunchtime.

To finish off the week, an end of term disco will take place on Friday from 7pm to 10:30p.m.  You can buy tickets for the disco earlier in the week for 5000/= from your Student Board us that we are entering the Christmas season. The children also reminded us that this is a good time to think of those less fortunate. Remember this is the last week to bring in your gifts for the hospice and the Nnabakeraka’s Christmas box appeal. Gifts may contain clothing, toys, books, toiletries or sweets. Please do not include liquids or glass items. Parcels should be labeled with the age the gift is suitable for and specify boy or girl. Hand your gifts to Lydia in reception please.

Year 3 attended assembly looking very different on Friday because it was Tudor Day. They were visited by Henry VIII, who managed to do away with one wife and marry another in a very short spell!

It was good to meet parents at the parent workshop on Tuesday. The workshop was about how maths is taught from reception to year 3. We ran short of time to explore some calculating methods, so a handout will be sent home this week to tie up some of the loose ends. Thank you to those who attended. It was a lovely informal atmosphere with lots of laughter and a few ‘ah ha!’ moments. Mrs. Dralega

Sports News

Congratulations to 10IM who won an entertaining Year 10 inter-tutor volleyball tournament.  After Christmas we will have Key Stage 3 inter-tutor basketball.  The match schedule is as follows:

Week beginning

Mon 16^th Jan            - Year 9    Basketball

Mon 23^rd Jan            - Year 8    Basketball

Mon 30^th Jan            - Year 7    Basketball

Rules are as follows:

- 6 a side

- substitutes are allowed

- teams must be mixed sex (e.g. 5girls, 1boy, 2girls, 4boys etc)

All that remains is to congratulate all students who have participated in school sport this term.  Over 150 students have represented the school in sport this term, whilst such has been the popularity of sporting clubs that over 50 students have attended some sports clubs; participation right across the school may have never been higher.  I would like to express my thanks to the staff involved who have given so much of their time to make this possible. Mr. Colley

Secondary Swimming Gala

Well done to all the secondary swimmers that took part in the KISU inter-school swimming gala last week.  Rainbow came 3^rd out of 5 teams, narrowly missing second beating ISU for 2^nd place.  This is first time Rainbow has got so close to 2^nd place. With only three relays to go Rainbow was 2^nd ahead, of ISU by 2 points but in the end Rainbow had to settle for 3^rd.  Well done also to the primary school swimmers who swam in the swimming gala and even won some races.  Results were as follows:

KISU A     427

ISU          377

RISU        366

KISU B     139

HIS            80

Inter-house swimming galas

To members of the swimming teams: Please practice during the holiday. You will not have much time to practice in term 2, since the galas will be at the beginning of the term.

Primary swimming gala – 20^th January

Secondary swimming gala – 10^th February

Coach Max

Child of the Week

Acte                         Rec B       Kim Kariisa Rec L

Milo                          1LP          Claudio    1MO

Rajvit                        1N            Pitiki         2CK

Terry                        2M           Gabriela   2SK

Jamie, Ian                                3GS         Jesse       3PK

Ezra                         3SV         Hannah K. 4MS

Malaika, Elizabeth    4CO         Mer          4RK

Christian                   5MK         Joshua     5CB

Jonathan, Gideon    5SV

Student of the Week

Paul         7GK         Veronica  9WM

Aarya       7MS         Jasmeet   10IM

Andrea     7ZM         Divya        10MJ

Rick          8GM         Arlette      10MW

Lovely      8MH         Karen       12AU

Ntaleyabwera 8SN   Karen       12GU

Timothy    9MG         Samuel    13BM

Zuben      9NO         Abigail      13KM

House points

Rwenzori                 4316 points

Impala                      3963 points

Ssesse                     4381 points

Kyoga                      5084 points

Quote of the Week:

“I wish you a hopeful Christmas, I wish you a brave New Year. All anguish, pain and sorrow, leave your heart, let your road be clear.” Greg Lake, “I believe in Father Christmas”.

This is the last Weekly Rainbow of this term. Have a great holiday, a good rest, and be back in school for the first day of term on Wednesday 11^th January.